Rachael Bland insists The Big One is long overdue for North East hoops fans hungry to see women’s basketball reach the next level. One of the true trailblazers for women’s sport in the region is confident Friday’s WBBL clash can be the springboard for bumper crowds every week. More than 1,000 tickets have already been…
The Big One has the potential to broaden the reach of women’s basketball far beyond the North East. That’s the verdict of Newcastle head coach Noelia Cacheiro as Eagles bosses bid to break the record for a WBBL Championship game. March 25 sees the women in black host cross-border rivals Caledonia Pride at the Vertu…
London Lions dished out their latest lesson in total team basketball as short-handed Newcastle Eagles felt the full force of a red hot WBBL roster. Noelia Cacheiro’s side failed to build on Saturday’s superb victory at expansion franchise Gloucester City Queens as they faced a second road test in two days. But remodelled Newcastle now…
Newcastle Eagles tackle title challengers London Lions this afternoon in buoyant mood after bagging a first WBBL win under new coach Noelia Cacheiro. The Tynesiders travelled to the capital ahead of an energy-sapping second league clash inside 16 hours in confident mood after crushing Gloucester City Queens. And if London are likely to provide a…
Jessica Eadsforth-Yates is ready to answer Newcastle’s SOS call as the short-handed Eagles prepare for this week’s energy-sapping WBBL double header. Noelia Cacheiro’s side face two road trips inside 15 hours as the playoff chasers tackle Gloucester City Queens tonight prior to a lunchtime showdown with title challengers London Lions tomorrow. But the phased return…
Newcastle Eagles are urging communities across the North East to back a record-breaking bid to showcase elite women’s sport in the region. Club bosses chose International Women’s Day to reveal ambitious plans for The Big One — a top-flight women’s basketball fixture targeting a franchise-record 1,500 crowd. Newcastle hope their cross-border clash with Caledonia Pride…
Former Team Northumbria favourite Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee came back to haunt her former franchise as the Sheffield Hatters star lit up the Vertu Motors Arena. Newcastle head coach Noelia Cacheiro’s dream of a perfect home debut was shattered by one of the WBBL’s most consistent performers. And the Eagles had no answer to Fong…
Newcastle Eagles cannot afford to look beyond the next play as the women in black return to the Vertu Motors Arena for the first time in seven weeks. That’s the verdict of playcaller Noelia Cacheiro as the hosts prepare to take on former favourite Ebony Horton and her Sheffield Hatters tonight. Newcastle took their eyes…
This weekend Newcastle Eagles proudly comes together with its fellow BBL and WBBL clubs who are uniting in support of Ukraine. All 23 men’s and women’s clubs will stand together over the next five days to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people at all matches from Friday 4 March through to Wednesday 9 March. The…
